Ivan Pešić (born 6 April 1992) is a

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n footballer who plays as a

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for Caspiy.

Club career

Pešić started his youth career in NK Oluja, the club from his native village of Čista Velika. At the age of 12, he moved to the seaside NK Vodice for two seasons before moving on to the

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

youth setup. A youth U-19 international, he remained at the club in his first senior year, but featured only in friendlies and a single

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match, against Jadran Gunja. Released at the end of the season, he moved to

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, but after a single youth team and state cup match, he returned to

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, this time to

HNK Šibenik Hrvatski nogometni klub Šibenik ( en, Croatian Football Club Šibenik), better known as HNK Šibenik or simply Šibenik (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Šibenik. It competes in the Croatian Football League, and plays their ...

in the

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. Pešić's fledgling career was brought to a temporary halt by a traffic accident. After only 9 matches in the year and a half at

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, Pešić had moved on to the

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team

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in early 2014. However, due to inflammation of his

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, Pešić played in only 2 matches until the end of the season. However, Pešić became a first-team regular the following (2014/15) season, under coach

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. He would go on to amass four goals and eight assists from his preferred left wing position. This resulted in his transfer to

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, having earned the reputation as one of the quickest players in the league. After his club's relegation in the summer of 2017, Pešić rejoined

. In 2018, he joined

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n club

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. He was loaned out at

Shakhter Karagandy Football Club Shakhter ( kk, "Шахтер" футбол клубы, Shakhter fýtbol klýby), commonly referred to as FC Shakhter Karagandy ( kk, Қарағанды/Qarağandı ;Russian: Караганда/Karaganda), is a professional footbal ...

in 2019 and released by Dinamo in January 2020, after his return from Shakhter. On 15 February 2020, Pešić signed for

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References

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at rnksplit.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:Pesic, Ivan 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Šibenik Association football wingers Croatian footballers Croatia youth international footballers HNK Hajduk Split players SK Austria Klagenfurt players HNK Šibenik players NK Zadar players RNK Split players FC Dinamo București players FC Shakhter Karagandy players FC Kaisar players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Voluntari players FC Dinamo Minsk players FC Caspiy players First Football League (Croatia) players Croatian Football League players Liga I players Kazakhstan Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players Belarusian Premier League players Croatian expatriate footballers Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate footballers in Austria Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Romania Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Expatriate footballers in Belarus